What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?

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What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?

Little Red Corvette
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Raspberry Beret
5
56%
 
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What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?

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I don’t think RB is even in my top ten Prince songs.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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I wouldn't really describe either as rock n roll, more like pop songs. I love Raspberry Beret though, probably my favourite Prince song after Take Me With U and Pop Life.
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"Let's Go Crazy" is loads better than either.
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The real answer is My Generation isn't it?
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Little Red Corvette is a better rock song, but Raspberry Beret is still pretty damned good.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 6:23am
"Let's Go Crazy" is loads better than either.
Agree, although I do love RB.

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Not giving it much thought and def not a huge Prince fan, but top 10 Prince songs:
1. Purple Rain
2. Little Red Corvette
3. I Wanna Be Your Lover
4. Diamonds and Pearls
5. Kiss
6. Let's Go Crazy
7. I Would Die 4 U
8. When You Were Mine
9. 1999
10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man

10-20 would get Cream, 7, Raspberry Beret, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Uptown in some form.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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the greatest rock and roll song of all time is the girl reading this post :cool:
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I do not like Prince.
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Kory wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 1:52pm
I do not like Prince.
and the Ramones. You are something else, that's for sure.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 2:00pm
Kory wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 1:52pm
I do not like Prince.
and the Ramones. You are something else, that's for sure.
I listen to the Ramones about once a year. Prince, never.
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oliver wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 9:23am
The real answer is My Generation isn't it?
Im more inline with this sort of thinking.

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Kory wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 2:06pm
matedog wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 2:00pm
Kory wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 1:52pm
I do not like Prince.
and the Ramones. You are something else, that's for sure.
I listen to the Ramones about once a year. Prince, never.
Don't forget Bad Religion too, you hate them.

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revbob wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 3:06pm
Kory wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 2:06pm
matedog wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 2:00pm
Kory wrote:
07 Oct 2022, 1:52pm
I do not like Prince.
and the Ramones. You are something else, that's for sure.
I listen to the Ramones about once a year. Prince, never.
Don't forget Bad Religion too, you hate them.
Did I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.

edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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